Ep. 14 | China's Mythical Beginnings
The China History Podcast
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The Legend of Yu the Great
There are no written records or even hard evidence of the existence of the Shah dynasty. Everything we know comes from either Sima Chen or from the bamboo annals that were written in 300 BC. The matter of succession to Yu the great is about all there is to the story. And then for the next 14 kings, there aren't even any wild legends to talk about. It's not until the last king of the Shah Dynasty that you get a little bit of meat in that thin, watery gruel.
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